Elevated railway.



R. ROSADA.

ELEVATED RAILWAY.

APPLICATION TILED my 11. 1911.

Patented Sept. 19, 1911.

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ELEVATED RAILWAY.

APPLIUATION FILED MAY 11. 1011.

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ELEVATED RAILWAY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 11, 1911.

Patented Sept. 19, 1911.

Serial No. 626,605.

. Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Elevated Railways, of.

which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to elevated railways of the suspended cabletype; and it consists, firstin the hanger, cable and traveler, incombination, and, second in the peculiarand advantageous cable, ashereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claimsappended.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification:Figure 1 is a view showing the hanger and traveler in edge elevation andthe suspended cable in transverse section. Fig. 2 is a view of the saidparts taken at a right angle to Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail view of thehanger per 86. Fig. 4: is a vertical transverse section taken throughthe traveler. Fig. 5 is a sectional View taken through the cablecoupling and showing one half of each sleeve removed.

Similar letters designate corresponding parts in all of the views of thedrawings, referring to which:

A is the suspended cable of my improvement, and B is the hanger throughthe medium of which the cable is suspended from a tree or any othereconomical and otherwise suitable support occurring in the course of theelevated railway. The said hanger is preferably of steel and ispreferably provided adjacent its upper end with an eye a to permit ofits ready connection through the medium of a rope or the like to a treelimb or other support. At its lower end the hanger is provided with ahook I), and in the upper end of the upwardly directed portion 0 of saidhook is a channel (Z, of semi-circular form in cross-section, designedto seat the cable A. It will also be noted that the cable A is securedin the said seat cl by a cap C, that is hinged at c to one side of thehook portion 0, and is detachably secured at theopposite side of thesaid hook portion by a screw f or other suitable means. At its oppositesides the upwardly directed portion 0 of the hook is provided withhornlike cams g which are tapered and gradually curved back to thevertical plane of the major portion of the hanger B, and are braced bystay-rods it; the said stay-rods being fixed at their lower ends to therear sides of the horn-like cams g, and at their upper ends to the rearside of the major portion of the hanger. I would also have it hereunderstood that the hanger may be formed in such manner that thestay-rods h are integral with the cams g and the major portion of thehanger without involving departure from the scope of my invention asclaimed.

D is the traveler of the railway. The said traveler is preferably formedof metal suitable to its purpose, and among other elements comprises abody. This body is made up of a back plate '5 which extends downwardfrom its upper end to an intermediate point in its height, Fig. l, afront plate y' fixedly connected with and spaced from the back plate 2'and extending from the upper end to the lower end of the body, a lowerend wall it, a depending hook Z on said lower end wall and designed forthe connection of the article to be carried, and eyes we connected tothe plates 2' and j and designed for the connection of traction cables91. In addition to the said body the traveler comprises a wheel pmounted in the upper portion of the body and having a circumferentialgroove 7 that is increased in width at s, a guide flange t located atthe inner side of the front plate j of the body, transversely swingingdoors a, hinged at '0 to the rear portion of the lower end wall 7c ofthe body and having reduced upper ends w designed to seat in a groove 00in the inner side of the back plate 2', upright anti-friction rollers 3mounted at the rear sides of the doors a and U-shaped spring strips 2fixed at a to the body and each having an upstanding arm disposedagainst the inner side of the front plate j, and also having anupstanding arm disposed at the outer side of one of the doors a andcalculated to move said door toward and normally hold the same in ayielding manner with is upper reduced end w in the before-mentionedgroove a; of the back plate 2'.

In the practical use of the construction described, the hanger B isconnected to a tree or other support and serves to suspend the cable Atherefrom, and also serves to hold the said cable. The traveler D isarranged as best shown in Fig. 1 relative to the hanger B and the cableA, and with its wheel p bearing on the cable, and it is designed tocarry any burden connected with its hook Z and is also designed tobemoved on the cable A and through the medium of the tract-ion cables n ineither direction as occasion demands and by any suitable power.

The traveler constructed as described, is calculated to retain itself onthe suspended cable A and against casual displacement even when thetraveler is passing one of the hangers B of which any suitable numbermay be employed, according to the length of the railway, and in passinga hanger B, it will be understood that first one door a and then theother door u of the traveler will be opened by the rear cam g of thehanger B, with reference to the direction in which the traveler ismoving. It will also be understood that as the traveler advances theforward door thereof will be enabled under the action of its spring 2and because of its engagement with the forward cam g of the hanger, withreference to the direction in which the traveler is moving, to graduallyclose, so that the closing of the door under the impulse of its springwill not be attended by shock or It will further be understood that thedoors a of the traveler will be opened and closed in succession, andthat when one of the said doors is open, incidental to the passage of ahanger B, the other door will be closed, while when the traveler isbetween two hangers B, both doors will be yieldingly held closed. Fromthis it follows that it is impossible for the traveler to beaccidentally displaced from the suspension cable, notwithstanding curvesor angles made necessary by the topographical conditions encountered.The anti-friction rollers g on the -doors a have for their oflice toease the movement of the said doors past the hornlike cams g of thehangers.

The guide flange 25 before referred to as on the inner side of the frontplate j serves when the wheel 79, because of lack of freight or for anyother reason, is running with the smaller portion of its groove 1" outof engagement with the suspension cable A, to prevent binding of thecable between the wheel 29 and the front plate j of the traveler body.

As best shown in Fig. 1, an anti-friction roller E is mounted in thehook I; of the hanger B. This anti-friction roller serves to support andto ease the movement of the traction cables n.

In order that the suspension cable A can be transported in lengths orsections and united at the place where the elevated railway is to beinstalled, I prefer to have the said cable constructed in the mannerbest shown in Fig. 6., made up of cable screws I".

sections F, of wire or other suitable metal,

rings G of metal, surrounding and embedded in the end portions of thesections F, sleeves H of metal, arranged on the opposed ends of thesections F, and a coupling member I interposed between the opposedsleeves H. Each sleeve H is made in two longitudinal sections, and thesesections are applied to the respective cable section F of the sleeve,and are connected and held together by It will also be noted that eachsleeve is provided with grooves J to receive parts of the rings G, andfrom this it follows that when the sleeve is applied to its respectivecable section F, the two will be strongly connected. This isparticularly true when at the time of application of the sleeve therings G are in an incandescent or highly heated state. One of thesleeves H is provided with a threaded socket K, and

the other sleeve is provided with a rounded socket L; the socket K beingdesigned to receive the threaded shank of the coupling member I, and thesocket L being designed ential groove 1" in the wheel 79 with an outerportion .9 of increased width, is to enable the wheel 79 to properlyengage and move over the coupling described as well as the portions F ofthe cable intermediate the couplings.

It will be gathered from the foregoing that my novel elevated railway isadapted to be used to advantage in various industries, and can be usedirrespective of topographical conditions as where it is necessary tohave long stretches of suspension cable A between hangers such as B.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters-Patent, is:

1. In an elevated railway, the combination of a hanger having a majorportion and a hook at the lower end of said portion provided wit-h anupstanding portion in the upper end of which is a seat, and also havinginwardly-inclined and tapered horn-like.

a wheel mounted in the body and bearing on the cable, and spring-backeddoors hinged to the body and adapted to cooperate with said cams of thehanger, substantially as specified.

2. In an elevated railway, the combination of a hanger having a majorportion and a hook at the lower end of said portion provided with anupstanding portion in the upper end of which is a seat, and also havinginwardly-inclined and tapered horn -rlike cams on said upstandingportion; a cap detachably secured over said seat in the upstandingportion of the hook; an anti-friction roller mounted in the hook of thehanger; a cable secured between said seat and cap; a traveler comprisinga body that receives the cable; a wheel mounted in the body and bearingon the cable, and springbacked doors hinged to the body and adapted tocooperate with said cams of the hanger; and traction cables connected tosaid body of the traveler.

3. In an elevated railway, the combination of a cable; a hanger carryingthe same and having inwardly inclined, horn-like cams; and a travelercomprising a body that receives the cable, a wheel mounted in the bodyand bearing on the cable, doors hinged at their lower ends to the bodyand adapted to cooperate with said cams of the hanger, and U-shapedsprings connected to the body and having arms backing the doors and alsohaving other arms bearing against the body.

4. In an elevated railway, an elevated cable comprising sections and acoupling interposed between the same; a hanger carrying the same; and atraveler comprising a body that receives the cable, and a wheel mountedin the body, said wheel being circumferentially grooved and having theouter portion of said groove increased in width, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

5. In an elevated railway, the combination of a cable, a hanger having amajor portion and a hook at the lower end of said major portion providedwith an upstanding portion carrying the said cable and also having a camextending laterally and rearwardly from said upstanding portion, and atraveler comprising a body that receives the cable, a wheel mounted inthe body and bearing on the cable, and an upright spring-pressed doorhinged to the body and adapted to be opened by said cam against theaction of the spring.

6. In an elevated railway, the combination of a cable, a hanger having amajor portion and a hook at the lower end of said major portion providedwith an upstanding portion carrying the said cable and also having camsextending laterally in opposite directions from said upstanding portionand toward the vertical plane of the major por- 'tion, and a travelercomprising a body that receives the cable, a wheel mounted in the bodyand bearing on the cable, and forward and rear spring-pressed doorshinged to the body and arranged upright and adapted to be opened by saidcams and checked against sudden closing by the same.

7. In an elevated railway, the combination of a cable, a hanger having amajor portion and a hook at the lower end of said major portion providedwith an upstanding portion carrying the said cable and also having camsextending laterally in opposite directions from said upstanding portionand toward the vertical plane of the major portion, and a travelercomprising a body that receives the cable, a wheel mounted in the bodyand bearing on the cable, forward and rear upright doors hinged at theirlower ends to the body, anti-friction rollers carried by said doors andadapted to be opposed to said cams, and Ushaped springs connected to thebody and having arms backing the doors and also having other armsbearing against the body.

8. In an elevated railway, the combination of a hanger having a majorportion and a hook at the lower end of said major portion provided withan upstanding portion and also having a cam extending laterally fromsaid upstanding portion and toward the vertical plane of the majorportion, an elevated way arranged on said upstanding portion of thehanger, and a traveler comprising a body that receives the elevated way,a wheel mounted in the body and bearing on said way, a door carried bythe body and adapted to be opened by said cam, and means for closing andyieldingly retaining said door in closed position.

9. In an elevated railway, the combination of a hanger having a majorportion and a hook at the lower end of said major portion provided withan upstanding portion and also having cams extending laterally inopposite directions from said upstanding portion and toward the verticalplane of the major portion, an elevated way arranged on said upstandingportion of the hanger, and a traveler comprising a body that receivesthe elevated way, a wheel mounted in the body and bearing on said way,forward and rear doors carried by the body and adapted to be opened andchecked against sudden closing by said cams, and means for closing andyieldingly retaining said doors in closed position.

10. In an elevated railway, the combination of a hanger having a majorportion, a hook at the lower end of said major portion provided with anupstanding portion, cams extending laterally in opposite directions fromsaid upstanding portion and toward the vertical plane of the majorportion, and stay rods interposed between the outer portions of the camsand said major portion; yieldingly retaining said doors in closed 10 anelevated way arranged on said upstandposition.

ing portion of the hanger; and a traveler In testimony whereof I havehereunto set comprising a body that receives the elemy hand in presenceof two subscribing Witvated way, a wheel mounted in the body and nesses.

bearing on said Way, forward and rear doors ROGER ROSADA. carried by thebody and adapted to be Witnesses:

opened and checked against sudden closing S. EoKERLE,

by said cams, and means for closing and S. MATRICARD.

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